Mentors

Quality mentorship lies at the center of how SixThirty works with its portfolio company founders. Effective mentors force founders to ask themselves tough questions and offer different perspectives to challenge assumptions. Mentors keep founding teams honest and accountable for the decisions and commitments they make for their companies. We find that founders learn best from other successful entrepreneurs, and so we place a high value on recruiting mentors with startup experience – individuals who have built, scaled and sold companies.

At SixThirty, we engage mentors in two different capacities: lead mentors and subject-matter experts.

Lead MentorsEach company in a portfolio is assigned a lead mentor over the course of the program. The lead mentor meets with the founding team on a weekly basis, keeps them on track, and reports back to the other lead mentors for advice on direction and strategy.

Subject-Matter ExpertsIn addition to our capable team of lead mentors, SixThirty companies can also rely on the expertise and insight of our extensive list of subject-matter mentors, experts in a variety of fields including, but not limited to: sales, fundraising and customer acquisition.

Mentor Directory

Sara Elinson

Principal of Financial Transactions Leader, EY

Nicole Tate

Director of Global Sales Development & Communication, World Wide Technology

Carolyn Belfany

Financial Services Executive of Global Data Solutions, RGAx

Ram Nagappan

Chief Information Officer, BNY Mellon | Pershing

Tom Sholes

Managing Director, BNY Mellon | Pershing

Kelle Bub

Innovation Manager, RGAx

Brett Whitaker

Information Security Manager, State Farm Bank

Jacquie Ward

Capital Market Analyst, UMB Bank

Jim Blatt

Vice President of CRM Solutions, Ellie Mae

Kirk Fuemmeler

Bank Information Technology Officer, State Farm

Frank LaQuinta

Principal of Information Systems, Edward Jones

Jeff Burgess

Director of Business Development, Commerce Bank

Terrence Freeman

Digital Strategy Leader, Edward Jones

Matt Horner

Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Sales, World Wide Technology

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